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Does premature birth "help" things?
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| littlepinecone |
Posted on September 04 2009 01:33 AM
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elena532,
I was also born 3 mos. early. I don't think I've ever met anyone born that early..it was 1980 though, and the technology has improved since then. I did not have delayed speech or language skills, in fact they came quite early, although I believe it took me a bit longer to learn to walk than most. I had never thought about the link between premature birth and dyscalculia. I do know that being in an incubator, there was the possibility of too much oxygen at birth, which is why many preemies apparently become deaf/blind etc. This did not happen to be, but I do wonder if coming into the world early had any effect...
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| elena532 |
Posted on September 05 2009 04:06 PM
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your welocme!
i think there is but only a slight no. of links.
i had speech problems and had to go to speech terapy and delayed walking etc.
im glad ive meet another 3month er!
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| RottieWoman |
Posted on September 05 2009 07:45 PM
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I was born at 6 and 1/2 months....later had delayed speech and language issues. |
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| moonagedaydream |
Posted on September 06 2009 03:13 AM
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I wasn't born premature, but a friend of mine was born several months early and has severe dyslexia among other disabilities. |
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| dhakiyya |
Posted on September 06 2009 01:59 PM
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I don't know if I was born early or not, cause my mum's cycle was irregular and the docs had to date the pregnancy using ultrasound. I was one of the first babies to be ultrasounded, so I don't think ultrasound dating methods were reliable then. I was born early compared to the date given, but I was a normal healthy weight so I was probably born at the right time and the docs got the dates wrong.
Dyslexia and dyscalculia appear to run in my family, so I think it's genetic. however maybe being born too early makes this kind of thing worse? or being born early causes other problems that combine with the dyslexia/dyscalculia making them worse? |
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